Chinese Word: 顛 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

顛 (Simplified: 颠)HSK 6

Pinyin: diān

English Definition: top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards; inverted; to jolt

Chinese Definition:
①头顶：华颠。
②最高最初的部分：颠末(本末)。山颠。
③倾倒，跌：颠沛。颠倒(dǎo)。颠踬。颠覆。颠扑不破。
④上下跳动：颠簸。
⑤古同“癫”，精神错乱。

Total strokes: 19; Radical: 頁

Pictophonetic:真 indicates the sound; 頁 (head) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 真 [ zhēn ] real, actual, true, genuine
- 頁 [ yè ] page, sheet, leaf

Similar Characters: 颠

顛倒HSK 6	diān dǎo	to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy
顛簸HSK 6	diān bǒ	to shake; to jolt; to bump
顛覆	diān fù	to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine; to subvert
顛倒黑白HSK 6	diān dǎo hēi bái	lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately; to misrepresent the facts; to invert right and wrong
顛撲不破	diān pū bù pò	solid; irrefutable; incontrovertible; indisputable; unbreakable

1		zhè yàng 这样 zuò 做 jiù 就 zhǔ kè diān dǎo 主客颠倒 le 了。 That would be a reversal of the order of host and guest.
2		tā 她 de 的 měi mào 美貌 lìng 令 tā 他 shén hún diān dǎo 神魂颠倒。 Her beauty bewitched him.
3		dào lù 道路 shàng 上 de 的 xíng shǐ 行驶 fēi cháng 非常 píng wěn 平稳， háo wú 毫无 diān bǒ gǎn 颠簸感。 The journey on the road was very smooth, without any bumps.
4		zài 在 kōng zhōng 空中 zāo yù 遭遇 fēng qiē biàn 风切变 shǐ de 使得 fēi jī 飞机 jiàng luò 降落 shí 时 fēi cháng 非常 diān bǒ 颠簸。 The wind shear encountered in the air made the plane very bumpy when landing.
5		tā 他 de 的 shè jì 设计 lǐ niàn 理念 qián wèi 前卫 dú tè 独特， diān fù 颠覆 le 了 chuán tǒng 传统 de 的 měi xué 美学 guān niàn 观念。 His design philosophy is avant-garde and unique, subverting traditional aesthetic concepts.

1		zhè yàng 这样 zuò 做 jiù 就 zhǔ kè diān dǎo 主客颠倒 le 了。 That would be a reversal of the order of host and guest.
2		tā 她 de 的 měi mào 美貌 lìng 令 tā 他 shén hún diān dǎo 神魂颠倒。 Her beauty bewitched him.
3		dào lù 道路 shàng 上 de 的 xíng shǐ 行驶 fēi cháng 非常 píng wěn 平稳， háo wú 毫无 diān bǒ gǎn 颠簸感。 The journey on the road was very smooth, without any bumps.
4		zài 在 kōng zhōng 空中 zāo yù 遭遇 fēng qiē biàn 风切变 shǐ de 使得 fēi jī 飞机 jiàng luò 降落 shí 时 fēi cháng 非常 diān bǒ 颠簸。 The wind shear encountered in the air made the plane very bumpy when landing.
5		tā 他 de 的 shè jì 设计 lǐ niàn 理念 qián wèi 前卫 dú tè 独特， diān fù 颠覆 le 了 chuán tǒng 传统 de 的 měi xué 美学 guān niàn 观念。 His design philosophy is avant-garde and unique, subverting traditional aesthetic concepts.